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PATENT OFF-m.

NATHAN PZERKINS, OF EiAST ORANGE,-NEW= JERSEY,HASSIGNOB, OF ONE-THIRD TOCHARLES M. WAITE AND ONE-THIRD TO WILLIS H.- BOTS FOR-D, BOTH OF NEWYORK, N. Y.

TICKET PRINTING, -RECO-RDIN'G, IN I JI CATING APPARATUS.

' machines the tickets HI.'V8 (zen-numbered eonseejitivelj'fort'ti'osejuse'd ffo r wagers "en each horse in any a'rtieulitr race,Ohvi eils- 1y, this necessitate printing: sutiieieirt-ItidretS to supplywhat demand there. xiiight befor any horse; in an race, req iring thesame nrimher'of ticketstb b e'printfediii eiich instance and inesse-1p-'of "tickets for every horse inevery rzifce. This,-' obt'i0usly, is .amethod which resulted iii-considerable-Waste in unused tickets, asweltasfi n excessive tickets which are no't us'ed. Furthermore,

in this type'bf machine, as commonly e'rn-' ployed, riodevices havebee'riarrang'ed for reventin the .o aerator froin tzirn'ie'ri'n i' withthe machine, and the principal objects of 'my invention are to overconiethese tlifli culti'es, providing an appiirkit'iis ivhi'chtickets from asingle-strip'of tickets the required wager tickets may be prir'ited'forevery horse -in"every-'race in a given meet,- and to also record thenumber of tickets wagered on every horse in every race, to=

g'ether with't-he total number oftickets which' are thus wagered as wellas the total amount expended for the wagers in any race, zin'd' alsothe-amount expended iinwagers-on every horse in every race. The.i'nventi'nn alsoincludes dei'i'ces for preventing! the "6p erator fromtampering-withthe machine; and

furthermore provides printing on the'ticket' anindependent anddistinctive character which will 'lend *arithieirtidtyto the ticket andprovidea 'nieans ide'nti'ficzitioit' for the same. These and otheradvantages (it the machine made in: accordance with my present inventionwill be hereinafter more particularly described.

In the 'drawing: I I

F ignre 1 is a. front elevation of the ticket 'hrintinjg,- recording andindicating apparatus made in accordance with my present. invention.

Fig.2 arear elevationof the same.

- Fig. 3'is a longitudinal section of the apparatus. i

4 is an' enlarged elevation taken at the rearof the machine showing thelocation (if the "o'per 'ti'ng'mechiinisin.

Fig. 5 asection'atpl'an takelr'on line 5-5, Fig. 4. i I

Fig'.6-i's an enlarged rear'elevzition showing therecording devices andthe devices for-indicating O'nthehoard, which forms a pant-of thesuperstructiire of the machine, the nuxnhers'used 'to designate eachhorse in any-particular 'ra'c'e:

Fig.- 7 is a sectional elevation on line 7 7, Fig.6.

F igl 8 is a partial sectio'nal elevation. on line 8- 8, Fig. 6.

Fig.- 9-is a sectional elevation on him S)-5), Fig. 6.'-'

I FiQL'IO is' a view'siniil'ar'to Fig. 9 show ing the niir'neholdi'ng'ca'rds in 'anopen positi'on.

Fi'g. ll is sectional elevatio'n' on line 13"1'3, Fig;.6i e

Fig'.-12'is air-enlarged plan taken on line 12 12, Fi'q. 6.

Fig. 13"1s anehl'zirged sectional elevation showing the mechanism foroperating the recording devices sho w'n'in Fig. 12.

Fig; 14' is-a longitudinal section of the knob for resetting therecording devices shown in Fig-12. V

Fig. 15 is an= elevat2ion on an enlarged scale taken fro mthe rear oftheapparatus showing; the'means for operating the same.

Fig; 16 is View similar to 'Fig.' 15 taken from the front' of theapparatus.

Fig. l'i is'a sectionzil elevation taken on line 17 17, Fig. 15.

Fig. 18 is-a sectional elevation taken 'on' of the clutch l'ncchanisnitaken at. right angles to theposition of these parts as iilns trated in'Fig.'20.

Fig. 21 is'a'sectional elevation on a still larger scale illustratingthe printing apparatus and the devices for feeding the tickets.

Fig. 22 is an enlarged cross section showing the construction of theticket carriage for moving the tickets to the type wheels for theprinting'operation,

Fig. 23 is an enlarged crosssection showing tlie 'printiug wheels,together with the wheel for printing the distinctive character on eachticket. 7,

.Fig. 24 ,an elevation showing two of the devices for printing theserial numbers of the tickets." I

Fig, 25 isganenlarged plan and partial crossstion showing the selectinglever and the parts operated thereby. V

F,1g. ;,isa sectional elevation taken on lines 2 6'-,26, Fig, :25,

' F 27 is' a sectional elevation showing the ratchet and lockingmechanism.

Fig: 28 is a vie w similar to Fig. 27 showing the operating parts in thereversed posi' tions.

'F ig. 29;is .an elevation and partial cross Sectionshowing the joint inthe rod for operating the indicating counters.

A Fig. 30 is an elevation showing the same parts with the colla-r andlock removed so that the shaft may be separated, and y .Fig. 31 is aplan of one of the tickets printed by the apparatus.

Referring to the drawings, it will be seen that in carrying out theinvention the apparatus made ..in accordance therewith includes a 'base40'with -Whichithere maybe 40' associated a suitable platform 41 uponwhich the operator may stand. There is also included a case 42 forcontaining the .operatingniechanism' which is preferably connected in asuitable manner to a table 43 from which the tickets may be sold. Abovethe table 43 there is a cage or com partmcnt 4-4, the front of which maybe made of coarse mesh wire as indicated at 45 in which there is anopening or window 46, and above the cage or compartment there. is asuperstructure 47 for a purpose hereinafter described. The outer memberof the superstructure is preferably a board or sheet metal .member 48comprising a face in which, in

one side, there are openings or slots indicated at 49 to 59 inclusive..The opening 49 is used to designate the number '0f the race bydisplaying the number through the opening. The opening 50 as well as theopenings 51 to 59 are used to designate the number assigned to eachhorse in the race indicated, as well as the name of the horse, assuming,of course, that there are, as usual, only nine horses named in each raceas a. maximum number and a l a ove wh ch are included as the field asimlicated in the opening 519 by the number which appears therein. On theopposite side-of the indi cator board a series of openings (50 to areei'nployed to designate the total amount of money used to purchase wagertickets in the use of the machine for any particular race as well as theamount of money so wagered on each horse named in the race as well as onthese included in the field, the opening G0. being used to designate thetotal and the openings 61 to 69 the nine horses which may be in a race,while the opening 70 is used to designate the amount wagered on thefield. -t

It is to 'be understood that the appai atus hercindcscribed is soconstructed,.and the indicators to which reference :has herein-i beforebeen made are so provided with numerals that in the use of then'iachineby issuing tickets I at a predetermined} ;priee in unitdenominations thetotal amountlpaid for tickets of any number is ili dicatedyand also thetotal amount paid for all. tickets issued from the machin In the cage orcompartment 44 a reel 71 is mounted upon an axle 73 journaled insuitable bearings 74 which arecarriedby brackets 75, these bracketsbeing suitably connected to and supported upon the table 43; Alsouponthe table 43 there isla cover 76 \vhich is hinged, as indicated at 78,arid V is provided-avith an opening;77 through which one of thewheelsfor operating a type \vhecl projects and is locked whcnthe cover plateis fixed in position=by alatch lock or otherwise, the keyhole forwhichis indicated at '79 in the cover plate.

Also in the table 43 and adjacent the inner edge thereof there is set astrip of plate glass 80 over a pocket 81. This pocket 81 is adapted toreceive a strip of paper on which there is printed the name and thenumber assigned to each horse .in any particular race. Adjacent thatportion of the front of the table in which theglass plate 80 is set thesame is provided with an extension 82, preferably in circular form, onthe face of which there are divisions 83 designated consecutively fromzero to nine to, indicate respectively the number of a horse in any raceand to include the horses designated as the field.

Secured to and preferably depending from the table 43 there is a machineframe in which theoperating parts of the mechanism are mounted. Thismachineirame, as-illustrated, comprises the outer members 84 and 85 anda relatively similar intermediate member 86 which are connected by abracket87 extending between the members 85 and;86 and a cross andbearing bar 88 and 89 21150 extending between the members 84 and 86 aswell as base rails 88', 89 extending be.-

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and 86 which, at their u 'ipcr ends, will he. understooth are suitablysecured to the table 121 so as to bee-suspended therefrom.

Journaled inand extending hetween the cross bar $8 and the bracket 87,there is :1 tubular shaft 90. This tubular shaft 90 e2;- tends anappreciable distance ahove the cross bar 88, and fitted thereon is abevel gear 91, a spur gear 92iand-a disk 93, which parts. tl at isthebevel gear, the spur gear and the disk, are suitably connected bymeans-of screws or bolts 9-1. Extending from the disk 93 and.prcferaljily made integral therewith is an arm 95. At the outer. end ofthis arm a lever 96, hereinafter termed, the selecting lever, ispivotally connected as indicated'at 1 This selecting .lever 96 is o1 l'-set as hidicated at 98, (see particularly Fig. and then .cigtendsbetween guide arms i hieli tl ere is a stop pin 100 to limit anddetermine the .position of the selecting layer. This selecting leverpasses from the frame ofthe machine to a point beyond the inner edge ofthe extension -of the ,tab'le vhere the lever is fitted vith a handle101 by which it may be operated. Connected to the rear parts of themachine and beneath the extension 82 on the table 13 there is abracltet102. This bracket 102 has a circularly disposed flangedextension 103 correspcon din in, its curvature to the extension of theta 1e andjn vhielrthere is a series of iiotelics eoi'respdnding innumber and in position centrally disposed to the divisions on the faceoft-he extension table and in any one of which notches, after beingturned;,to the necessary position, the selecting lever maybe .to enterby depressing the same. The selecting leyer is preferably maintained inan upwardly disposed n ornn-1 position bymeans of a button 105 operating in boss 106 against the action of a spring 107 by means of \vhich the outer end of the button is caused to bearagainst the under andadjacent surfaceo f. the selecting lever 9610. maintain the samenormally in this position. Qn the tubular shaft OQt-heie is slidablymounted a collar 108 having in the surface thereof a series ofcircumferential notches indicated at 109. This collar- 108 is connectedto the selecting lever by a. rod 110. that atone end is pivotallysecured to the selecting lever as indicated at 111 and at the op ositeend is engaged in a notch provided tierejorin the collar 108 to whichthis end the rod is connected by a pivot pin 112 iniorder that .bydepressing the seleeting lever 96 the collar 10S inay be caused to slidedoivnwardly on 1he tubular shaft for purposes hereinafter described.

Suitably; journaled in bearings provided therefor in the frame members 81, $5 and SGfisla power shaft 113. This is furthermore secured inposition by collars 113., 113

". area or the poyver shaft and made to bearagainst the frame members84;, 86 respectively or otherwise. On the power shaft 113 there is fixeda collar 114. This collar carries crank arms 115 and 116 which areconnected to a yokemember 117 by means of a pin 11%) or otherwise, andas indicated in the drawing one end 119 of the pin 118 extends anappreciable distance beyond the crank arm 115 fora purpose hereinafterdescribed. The pin 118 is 'journaled in the arms of the yoke 117 andpasses throughslots 120 and 121 in the crank arms 115 and 11.6respectively so that when the power shaft 113 and the crank arms115 and116 are partially turned the pin 118 is caused to slide in the slots 120and 121 to move the yoke 117 vertically. 122 indicates a, verticalshaft, the lower end of whichpasses througha bearing provided thereforin the'cross =menjiber of the yoke 117 and on this shaft there are linedcollars 123 and 124;, the former immediately above the cross bar of theyoke117 and the latter immediately beneathihesame so as to transmit the,reciprocating ncrement imparted to the yoke 117 :to the shaft 122. Thisshaft 122 fezgten'ds upwardly through the tubular shaft- ,90 in which,adjacentthe 'losyeiuendthereof, there are oppositelydisposed-longitudinal slots. 126. (Passing through the shaft122a ndextending into the slots 126 isa pin 1% which, as the shaft 122 isreciprocated, slides inthe slots 126. It will be understoodithatthe disk93 and the spur gear-Q2, as ive llas the bevel gear 9.1,-\vhile'beinsecured to oneanother by the bolts 94, are a o secured'to the. tubularshaft 90 sothat asthe dislg-andgeairs are turned they also turn the:tubular shaft 90 which transmits. this turning -movement to the shaft122' by meaiis of-the pin 12 5 acting against the faces y hich definethe slots 126.

The lever: 127 is pivotally mounted as i dieatedia t in a bracket 129secured to and extending" from the bracket 87. The upper end 01; .thislever 127 is provided \l'llll a tooth 130 that is adapted to engage thecircumferential grooves 109 in the collar 10S and this end of the leveris normally maintained under tension tending to move the tooth 130 intoengagement with one of these notches by means of a spring 131 orotherwise. The opposite end of the lever 1.27 is offset both laterallyand inwardly and terminates in a contact portion 132 at the extremity ofwhich there is a hook 133. This contact portion 132 of the lever 127 isnormally maintained against the extending end 119 of the pin 118 bymeans of the spring 131 so that the tooth 13.0. is out of engagementwith the circumferential grooves 109. :lYhe-n, however. the porter shaft113 is ivena partial counter clockwise movement as viewed in Figs. 18and 19 the crank arms 115 and 116 swing downwardly, moving the pin 118the slots 1,20 and 121 and ion permitting the action of the spring 131to move the lever 127 so that the tooth 130 at the upper end thereof mayengage and be maintained in engagement with one of the circumferentialgrooves 109 until the swinging movement of the crank arms 115 and 11.6is sufficient tobring the pin 118 into that position in which the end119 thereof will contact with the lower end of the lever -'i 127 to movetliesame against the action of the spring and the tooth out-totengagement \vithjthe groove so as to free the collar 108, therebypermitting the same, together with the selecting lever 96, to return totheir normal position through the action of the spring' 107 and thebutton'105.

I also'employ 'a' rocker shaft'134 passing through and journaled inhearings in 'the frame members 84', and 86 as well as in an auxiliarybearing 134"]supported from the" base. On this .roeker shaft there arecollars 135,- 136' suitably secured thereto and carrying arms 137, 138respectively which, at their outer ends, are connected by a cross roller139. vThis cross rolle'r normally contacts with.the surface-of thetubular shaft beneath thecollar 108, and'a conical surface 108? at-thelower en'd of the collar 108 is adapted to'bea-ragainst the cross roller139 when-the collar-is moved downwardly on the'tubular shaft 90 so astoswing the arms 137 and 138 tofimpartapartial revolution to the rockershaft 134.

On the rocker shaft 134adjacent and preferably bearing against the framemember 85 there is fixed a collar 140. This collar carries a lever 'arm141 at the end of which there is a pin 142;The rocker shaft 134'isalmost immediately beneath the power shaft 113 and on the power shaft113 there is a sleeve 143 which is preferably journaled in a bearingprovided therefor in the frame member 85 and in which the ower shaft atthis end thereof is journalet. This sleeve 143 atits inner end isprovided with a notch 144 adapted to be engaged by a rib 145 on a clutchsleeve'146 which is mounted on the power shaft 113 in such a manner asto turn therewith and also to slide thereon. Exteriorly of the framemember 85 the sleeve 143 is fitted with a lever 147 carrying a handle148 by which, when the clutch sleeve 1.46 is in engagement with thesleeve 143 the power shaft may be operated manually. Onthe sleeve 143immediately within the frame member 85 there is connected a lever 149.This lever is so constructed that normally the lower edge thereof runssubstantially parallel with the upper edge of the lever arm 141 when thelatter is in its normal position. At the extremity of the lever 149there is a pawl 150 pivotally connected thereto at 151 and provided Witha pin 152 at the inner end thereof, while the outer end of the pawl extnds appreciably ncr side of the frame member 85 there is a rack 153having a circularly disposed edge in which there IS a series of notches154 'llltll, with the exception of the uppermost notch 155, aresimilarly placed in the edge of the rack. The lever 149 is provided withan extension arm 156 in which there is a pin 157, while a spring 158 isconnected at. one end to the pin 157 and at. the other end to a suitableattachment in the frame of the apparatus so as to normally maintain thelever 149 in the position shown in Fig. 27 'of the drawing. In thisposition the parts are locked and the manually operated lever 147 cannotbe actuated because the pin 142 at the outer end of the lever 141 bearsagainst the lower edge of the extending portion of the pawl 150 andmaintains the upper edge of the pawl against the lower edge of the rack153. When, however, the rocker shaft 134 is given a partial revolutionby the conical surface 108 of the collar 108 swinging the arms 137, 138through its (011- tact with the cross roller 139, the lever 141 is swungfrom the full line position as indicated in Fig. 27 to the 'dotted lineposi. tion shown therein, thus freeing the pawl 150 and permitting themovement of' the lever 149 by the manually operated lever 147. In sodoing, as will be understood, the pawl 150 engages successively in thenotches 154 in the rack 153 and cannot return until the pawl reaches theuppermost notch 155. The power shaft actuates the printing platen andthe devices associated therewith, as hereinafter described, so that, aswill be understood, in operating the mechanism manually theseprintingdevices must be moved to' the operating position before they canbe returned to their initial inoperative position. It will furthermorebe observed that when the collar 108 is depressed and the tooth 130caused to engage one of the circumferential grooves 109, as hereinbeforedescribed, the collar 108 is thereby locked or prevented from returningto its normal position until the tooth 130 is released and so long asthe collar 108 is locked in a depressed position the rocker shaft 134 isturned to that position in which the lever 149 may be operated.Consequently, the selecting lever 96 cannot be returned to an initialposition untilthe parts performing the printing operation have completedthe printing of a' ticket. Vvhen this is accomplished, that is when thepower shaft 113 hasbeen turned sufiiciently far to release the lever149, the lever 127 is also released, freeing the collar'108 and therebythe selecting lever 96 and at the same time p mitt g t v r 1 9 t r u n 9t

